Ten Lucky Draws: I Became OP - Chapter 561: Rigging The Game?

“This woman is absolutely out of her mind, isn’t she?” Ash remarked, raising a brow in disbelief.

It’s important to remember that, technically, they weren’t sifting through actual memories, but rather reading a novel based on her life.

Still, because of the bond he’d formed with her moments before any of this began, things became tangled in unexpected ways, and he found himself experiencing a strange mutation—an unforeseen twist in the way those bonds now worked.

[A/N: Basically, when he bonds with someone and wants to read their novel, it will follow this format.]

All of this meant that, much like in any other novel, he knew her inner thoughts and even the intentions behind her actions.

But Ash and Elysia could clearly see and feel that, until now, she had merely been existing—neither thinking nor holding any intentions.

It was as if, after becoming the catalyst behind both cosmologies, she had gone completely dormant.

Now though?

“This love is almost as strong as Nia’s…” Elysia remarked, and it went without saying that all the wives adored Ash to an extreme degree.

But let’s be real—Nia took it far beyond extremes. It was downright absurd that even Elysia still believed her love burned the brightest.

Ash chuckled, the sound low and genuine as he shook his head, leaning back slightly in the empty Treasury.

“Well, who can compare to little Nia’,” he teased, as his reddish-purple eyes still fixed on the unfolding scene.

Elysia chuckled, rolling her eyes as she focused more intently.

After Minx decided to help Ash—and even steal him from the Mother—only to realize she didn’t actually know who he was.

Then, they watched as Minx stepped into Ash’s projection, her form blending with his silhouette for a brief moment.

In that instant, she absorbed everything tied to the 25% of his existence she possessed—his name, his origins, his entire life up to that moment.

“Ash… from Earth…” she murmured, tilting her head. “Hmmm… he’s supposed to die from a truck?”

She scoffed, a sharp, dismissive sound that echoed through the Treasury.

“My other half will not die so miserably.”

In that moment, she disappeared for the first time in trillions of years, leaving the Treasury.

When she reappeared, she now hovered over a small mortal world located within Existence.

It was green with blue hues… it was Earth clearly and she was looking directly at Ash in his beat-down apartment.

The 17-year-old version of him lay on a worn mattress, a novel titled Ten Thousand Kingdoms, One Sky resting on next to him.

Seeing him like this, Minx waved her hand.

CRACKLE!!!!!

Multicolored lightning bolts sparked to life in her palms, crackling with raw, ancient energy, yet she gripped them as casually as if they were pencils.

They were just one of the countless strange treasures that had appeared in the Treasury over the years.

Without a second thought, she hurled them toward Earth, targeting the slumbering Ash.

Ash’s reddish-purple eyes narrowed as he watched the scene unfold, a flicker of genuine surprise — and mild appalled disbelief — crossing his face.

“It’s official,” he muttered, leaning forward slightly. “She is crazy as hell.”

Finally, he came to learn the truth of his transmigration… and the whole reason he ended up in Elaris… it wasn’t some random cosmic accident.

It was Minx pulling the strings from the very beginning.

Elysia’s golden eyes wide with quiet astonishment as she watched the memory play out.

“She orchestrated your death and rebirth… just to help you win the game.”

Ash let out a low, dry laugh, shaking his head as the scene continued.

“Romantic… in a terrifying way.”

Back in the memory, Minx reappeared inside the Treasury, her small form materializing on her throne as she watched Ash’s soul travel through the void — a faint, glowing spark drifting helplessly through the emptiness between worlds.

She smiled, a soft, almost tender expression on her face as she disguised her voice to sound oddly robotic — flat, mechanical, and detached.

{Due to cosmic mishaps, you died while sleeping.}

She paused for a brief moment, tilting her head as if considering whether the line sounded right.

Then she shrugged, continuing in the same robotic tone.

{You will be reborn into a new world. The world will align with your memories.}

“W-wait! What do you mean reborn?!”

Minx giggled internally, the sound light and giddy, while outwardly she remained composed.

She ignored his protests, diving deeper into his memories with focused intensity, absorbing every detail of his life, his thoughts, his desires.

In that moment, she summoned another item from the Treasury — a glowing Orb that came from some random place in existence.

Snap!

With a snap of her fingers, she sped up time and began reshaping events, aligning the new world exactly as the mortal Ash remembered from the last novel he had read before his death.

The mortal Ash’s voice rang out again, frantic and overwhelmed.

“Wait dammit! This is all going too fast!”

Minx’s robotic voice continued, calm and unwavering.

{Memory analyzed.}

{Suitable World Found.}

{The World of Elaris has been chosen.}

“H-holy shi—!”

{Brace yourself. You will now be reborn.}

—-

Ash and Elysia watched the scene in silence, the weight of the revelation pressing down on them.

Ash leaned back slightly, his reddish-purple eyes distant as he tried to process it all.

“And let me guess,” he said quietly, “that Existential Karmic Debt was all just bullshit, wasn’t it?”

Before, he wouldn’t have lied—he believed it might have been the result of countless things, from saving existence itself and being reincarnated, to thinking it was some lingering grudge the Mother held over him, a debt she intended to collect in her own game.

But now, he realized just how far off the mark he’d been.

“Let’s make your gifts far better than that other guy’s.”

Just as he was wondering about the topic, Minx spoke again.

“I could give you the entire treasury… but you wouldn’t survive. So, first, grow strong, my other half~”